Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Canary Islands)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Canary Islands on 10 June 1987. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Overall

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.

PSOE (34.28%)

AIC (19.74%)

CDS (14.95%)

AP (6.09%)

ICU (3.57%)

AC–INC (3.25%)

PDP–CC (3.25%)

AM (1.87%)

AVSBT (1.14%)

Other (11.86%)

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 municipal election results in the Canary Islands →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Councillors
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	185,924	27.64	–6.22	422	+20
	Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)	140,469	20.89	+8.49	243	+115
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	119,943	17.83	+6.43	173	+88
	La Palma Group of Independents (API)	11,356	1.69	+1.49	46	+37
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	4,557	0.68	New	2	+2
	Lanzarote Independents Group (AIL)	2,713	0.40	+0.06	16	–1
	Independents of Fuerteventura (IF)	1,900	0.28	–0.18	6	–11
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	99,447	14.79	+9.83	184	+95
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	96,756	14.39	+10.02	164	+101
	Democratic and Social Centre–Gomera Group of Independents (CDS–AGI)	2,691	0.40	–0.19	20	–6
	People's Alliance (AP)¹	63,925	9.50	–13.57	75	–211
	United Canarian Left (ICU)²	48,158	7.16	+3.17	44	+14
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)	41,390	6.15	–1.70	40	–11
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)³	37,786	5.62	–1.57	31	–10
	Roque Aguayro (RA)	3,604	0.54	–0.12	9	–1
	People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC)	16,852	2.51	New	40	+40
	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	9,834	1.46	New	4	+4
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	7,331	1.09	New	1	+1
	Neighbors' Group of San Bartolomé de Tirajana (AVSBT)	6,190	0.92	+0.18	14	+4
	Majorera Assembly (AM)	5,336	0.79	–0.11	23	–6
	Guía People's Union (UPG)	4,363	0.65	+0.08	11	+3
	Independent Group of Santa Úrsula (AISU)	3,480	0.52	+0.10	10	+2
	Independent Herrenian Group (AHI)	1,441	0.21	New	9	+9
	Union of Left Nationalists (UNI)	1,418	0.21	New	1	+1
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	761	0.11	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	748	0.11	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	737	0.11	New	0	±0
	Others	30,589	4.55	—	110	–60
Blank ballots		4,177	0.62	+0.62

Total		672,570	100.00		1,231	+20

Valid votes		672,570	98.78	+0.67
Invalid votes		8,296	1.22	–0.67
Votes cast / turnout		680,866	67.90	+4.03
Abstentions		321,930	32.10	–4.03
Registered voters		1,002,796

Sources^[1]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 elections. ² United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 elections. ³ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to the combined totals of Canarian People's Union and Canarian Assembly in the 1983 elections.

Popular vote

PSOE			27.64%
AIC			20.89%
CDS			14.79%
AP			9.50%
ICU			7.16%
AC–INC			6.15%
PDP–CC			2.51%
UCC			1.46%
CNC			1.09%
Others			8.19%
Blank ballots			0.62%

City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).^[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.

Municipality	Population
Arona	19,124	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
La Laguna	107,593	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	356,911	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) (PSOE in 1990)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	211,209	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)
Telde	73,913	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)	United Canarian Left (ICU)

Municipalities

Arona

Population: 19,124

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Arona election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	5,421	67.77	+34.62	13	+7
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	1,018	12.73	–23.05	2	–4
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	893	11.16	+3.01	2	+1

	People's Alliance (AP)¹	350	4.38	–11.09	0	–3
	United Canarian Left (ICU)²	275	3.44	–4.01	0	–1
Blank ballots		42	0.53	+0.53

Total		7,999			17	±0

Valid votes		7,999	99.08	–0.86
Invalid votes		74	0.92	+0.86
Votes cast / turnout		8,073	66.82	+4.22
Abstentions		4,009	33.18	–4.22
Registered voters		12,082

Sources^[1]^[5]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ² United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election.

La Laguna

Population: 107,593

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of La Laguna election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	17,380	36.64	+21.92	12	+8
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	13,990	29.49	–16.85	9	–6
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)¹	4,206	8.87	–3.24	2	–1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	4,134	8.71	+5.10	2	+2
	People's Alliance (AP)²	3,698	7.80	–10.13	2	–3

	United Canarian Left (ICU)³	1,994	4.20	+1.61	0	±0
	Union of Left Nationalists (UNI)	554	1.17	New	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	421	0.89	New	0	±0
	Workers' Socialist Party (PST)	367	0.77	–0.85	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	346	0.73	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		348	0.73	+0.73

Total		47,438			27	±0

Valid votes		47,438	98.01	–0.02
Invalid votes		965	1.99	+0.02
Votes cast / turnout		48,403	63.86	+6.84
Abstentions		27,393	36.14	–6.84
Registered voters		75,796

Sources^[1]^[5]^[7]
Footnotes: ¹ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election. ² People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ³ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Population: 356,911

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	38,031	25.98	–17.26	9	–6
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	36,118	24.67	+21.18	9	+9
	People's Alliance (AP)¹	27,136	18.54	–12.71	6	–4
	United Canarian Left (ICU)²	20,989	14.34	+8.07	5	+3

	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	7,033	4.80	New	0	±0
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)³	5,616	3.84	–3.56	0	–2
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	3,515	2.40	New	0	±0
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	2,725	1.86	New	0	±0
	People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC)	1,856	1.27	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	597	0.41	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	439	0.30	New	0	±0
	Independent Free Association of Canarian People (ALCI)	397	0.27	New	0	±0
	Assembly (Tagoror)	279	0.19	–0.31	0	±0
	Republican Popular Unity (UPR)	252	0.17	New	0	±0
	Canarian Democratic Union (UDC)	221	0.15	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		1,171	0.80	+0.80

Total		146,375			29	±0

Valid votes		146,375	98.08	+1.31
Invalid votes		2,862	1.92	–1.31
Votes cast / turnout		149,237	60.03	+4.89
Abstentions		99,372	39.97	–4.89
Registered voters		248,609

Sources^[1]^[5]^[8]^[9]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ² United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. ³ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Population: 211,209

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Tenerife Group of Independents (ATI)	54,678	64.85	+11.07	21	+5
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	12,908	15.31	–8.51	5	–2
	People's Alliance (AP)¹	4,561	5.41	–7.76	1	–3

	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	3,481	4.13	+3.26	0	±0
	United Canarian Left (ICU)²	3,304	3.92	+1.00	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	2,100	2.49	New	0	±0
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)³	2,096	2.49	–1.15	0	±0
	Popular Front of the Canary Islands–Awañac (FREPIC–Awañac)	415	0.49	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	219	0.26	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		553	0.66	+0.66

Total		84,315			27	±0

Valid votes		84,315	98.73	+0.44
Invalid votes		1,088	1.27	–0.44
Votes cast / turnout		85,403	60.19	+0.42
Abstentions		56,486	39.81	–0.42
Registered voters		141,889

Sources^[1]^[5]^[10]
Footnotes: ¹ People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election. ² United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. ³ Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left results are compared to Canarian People's Union–Canarian Assembly totals in the 1983 election.

Telde

Population: 73,913

← Summary of the 10 June 1987 City Council of Telde election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Canarian Assembly–Canarian Nationalist Left (AC–INC)	11,494	35.15	–3.80	10	–1
	United Canarian Left (ICU)¹	5,711	17.47	+7.24	5	+3
	People's Alliance (AP)²	4,563	13.95	–14.82	4	–4
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	4,186	12.80	+10.16	3	+3
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	3,485	10.66	–2.96	3	±0

	People's Democratic Party–Canarian Centrists (PDP–CC)	1,299	3.97	New	0	±0
	Centre Canarian Union (UCC)	455	1.39	New	0	±0
	National Congress of the Canaries (CNC)	407	1.24	New	0	±0
	Insular Group of Gran Canaria (AIGRANC)	395	1.21	New	0	±0
	Neighborhood Group of Jinámar (AVJ)	313	0.96	New	0	±0
	Workers' Party of Spain–Communist Unity (PTE–UC)	151	0.46	New	0	±0
	Humanist Platform (PH)	77	0.24	New	0	±0
	Liberal Canarian Party (PCL)	n/a	n/a	–5.79	0	–1
Blank ballots		162	0.50	+0.50

Total		32,698			25	±0

Valid votes		32,698	98.31	+0.77
Invalid votes		563	1.69	–0.77
Votes cast / turnout		33,261	70.06	+3.38
Abstentions		14,213	29.94	–3.38
Registered voters		47,474

Sources^[1]^[5]^[11]
Footnotes: ¹ United Canarian Left results are compared to Communist Party of the Canaries totals in the 1983 election. ² People's Alliance results are compared to People's Coalition totals in the 1983 election.

Island Cabildos

References

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